Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam, with Hasagot HaRamban and the Megillat Esther commentary, by R. Yitzchak de Leon. Zhovkva, 1855.
Copy of Rebbe Yisrael Friedman of Husiatyn. His stamp appears on the title page: "Library of Yisrael Friedman of Husiatyn".
Kvittel inscribed on p. 2a, presumably by a Chassid who gave the book to the rebbe, and wrote his name and that of his mother for prayer: "Shalom Shachna son of Feiga of Vaslui".
Many inscriptions on the endpapers, including familial inscriptions and ownership inscriptions of R. Shimshon son of R. Moshe Simon of Magyarlápos and of his son[?] Yehuda Aharon.
Rebbe Yisrael Friedman of Husiatyn, elder rebbe of the Ruzhin dynasty, was the last grandson of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin. Born in 1858 to Rebbe Mordechai Feivish of Husiatyn, he succeeded his father in 1894 in Husiatyn. In 1914 he moved to Vienna, and in 1937, he immigrated to Eretz Israel, settling in Tel Aviv. It is well known that during the Holocaust, when there was concern that the Nazi army, under the command of Rommel, would reach Eretz Israel and annihilate its inhabitants, R. Yisrael prayed at the gravesite of the Or HaChaim in presence of leading kabbalists, and then declared that the enemy would not rule over Eretz Israel. He passed away in Tel Aviv on Chanukah 1948 and was buried in Tiberias.
98 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Large ink stain to title page, over a large part of text. Worming, affecting text in several places (affecting title page border and text on verso). New leather binding.